Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 150

State of Kuwait · Administrative Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Assessment of the lawfulness of the ground on which an administrative decision was based. What matters is consideration of the true ground on which it was issued. - An error by the administration in stating the ground for the decision communicated to the person concerned. Its effect. The latter may challenge it on the basis of that ground, and the administration may disclose the true ground so long as it can prove that it existed on the date the decision was issued and that, in its assessment, it justified issuing it. - 47 - Administrative
Arabic original
تقدير مدى مشروعية السبب الذي بُني عليه القرار الإداري. العبرة فيه بمراعاة السبب الحقيقي الذي صدر استناداً إليه. - خطأ الإدارة في ذكر سبب القرار المبلغ إلى صاحب الشأن. أثره. للأخير الطعن عليه على أساس هذا السبب وللإدارة الإعلان عن السبب الحقيقي طالما استطاعت إثبات أنه كان قائماً في تاريخ إصدار القرار وأنه المبرر في تقديرها لإصداره. - ٤٧ - الإداري
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩٧/٢٠٠٤ إداري جلسة ٢٧/٩/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس المجلد التاسع ص٤٠٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 47. PDF pages: 44.

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